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Shutting down Clematis Street’s 500 block for O’Shea’s St. Patrick’s Day Celebration has become an annual tradition. (Richard Graulich/The Palm Beach Post)

It’s never too early to start planning for St. Patrick’s Day — for the traffic alone.

O’Shea’s Irish Pub is taking over Clematis Street March 17, shutting down the 500 block for it’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebration. Consider it an extension of this weekend’s Irish Fest, which will also flood downtown West Palm Beach with Irish food and festivities.

The road will close from 10 a.m. Tuesday until 3 a.m. the next morning as O’Shea’s will set up bars and tables and chairs throughout the street. One bar will host a beer truck loaded with enough (what else?) Guinness. Irish dancers, traditional fare and even a play area for kids will round out America’s de facto drinking holiday.